Overview
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, committed to creating meaningful experiences for residents and team members. They are seeking a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join their award-winning team as a Housekeeping Assistant, where you will make a positive impact on residents' lives every day.
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
Shift Details: 07:00 - 15:00 or 07:00 - 19:00
As a Housekeeping Assistant, you will work as part of a team to maintain all standards of cleanliness and laundry in the home. You will operate according to Avery's standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, ensuring hotel service standards are met. Other responsibilities include carrying out cleaning duties, understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings, and ensuring that all residents are treated with dignity and respect.
You will be part of a close-knit team that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care.
About the role
Your focus as a Housekeeping Assistant will be to work as part of a team, ensuring that all standards of cleanliness and laundry are maintained in the home. You will operate according to our standard operating procedures for housekeeping and laundry, ensuring that hotel service standards are maintained. Other responsibilities include:
* Carrying out cleaning duties in accordance with worksheet instructions.
* Understanding the cleaning requirements of different surfaces and coverings and the properties of cleaning materials, ensuring areas are well presented and maintained.
* Ensuring that all residents are treated with dignity and respect and that their personal space and belongings are respected.
About you
To succeed, you will live Avery values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all you do. Our ideal candidate must have:
* Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
* Experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.
* Compassion and commitment to delivering high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
* Ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
About Avery
At Avery, we are one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team, with a vision of "creating meaningful lives together." We offer a growing network of over 100 homes and a supportive environment where employees feel valued and empowered.
Please note this role will require:
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Please note this advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on volume of applications received and business needs.
Qualifications
* Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments, and experience of cleaning laundry in a public setting.
* Compassion and commitment to delivering high-quality housekeeping/laundry service to residents.
* Ability to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous convictions.
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